Porsche Taycan Turbo S sets new EV production record, beats Tesla MSP

Porsche Taycan Turbo S has set a new record for the fastest production of an electric car, beating the previous record of seven minutes and 35 seconds set by Tesla Model S Plaid by a wide margin.

The automaker stated this on Wednesday, saying it went faster than Koenigsegg CCX or CCR and managed to match the Porsche 911 GT3 RS with its seven minutes and 33 seconds.

The new Nurburgring record, according to arenaev.com, is official and the car was a stock vehicle apart from the compulsory roll cage.

The weight of the car is said to be identical with a production model but the performance can be attributed to the latest Performance Kit from Porsche.

It notes that the improvement is quite magnificent – last time Taycan Turbo went around Nordschleife in seven minutes and 42 seconds.

The report says the Performance Kit will be available from December but in Germany only for now and only for the 2023 Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

With the 2023 cars being already delivered to customers, Porsche plans to offer retrofitting to existing owners, it adds.

Although it is technically road legal, the Pirelli P Zero Corsa had been really designed for track use only and Porsche suggests its customers should swap the wheel and tyre package for the standard road wheels once off the race track. This won’t affect the Performance Kit as the new software can recognize the grip levels and adjust all parameters accordingly.

The report says, “The Performance Kit doesn’t change the power output or add any new aero parts. It is simply a set of 21” RS-Spyder alloy wheels wrapped in road legal Pirelli P Zero Corsa. Those are racing tyres with a special grippy compound but have road approved thread – they aren’t slick tyres.

“Another part of the Performance Kit is the updated software for PDCC – Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control. The new software takes into account the grippy tires and allows for greater acceleration through the corners and improves torque vectoring.”